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Public safety in the Cape Fear region

In an effort to improve the timeliness of coverage of public safety issues such as crime, the StarNews is shifting that coverage away from the Behind The Yellow Tape blog to a format that allows easier access for mobile readers. Complete coverage of crime news in the region appears on the StarNewsOnline Mugshots website at http://wilmingtonmugshots.com/ Content already contained in the Behind The Yellow Tape blog will remain accessible, but no new content will be added as of June 12,… Read More »

A $5,000 reward has been offered for information leading to the location of a Kenworth tractor trailer and lowboy trailer suspected of being stolen last month from a business in Brunswick County. … Read More »

A team of federal, state and local authorities arrested three men over the weekend who have been linked to two separate but possibly related shootings in Wilmington last month, police said Monday. Miguel Crews, 24, Deandre Sha'he Watkins, 17, and Myran Rashaad Holt, 22, all of Wilmington, were arrested Saturday by the U.S. Marshals Eastern North Carolina Violent Fugitive Task Force, which includes Wilmington police and state probation officers. Crews and Watkins were charged with opening fire on several people… Read More »

The sound of breaking glass roused a 57-year-old woman out of bed in her home on Front Street early Sunday morning. When she sat up, her eyes focused on a person standing in the doorway of her bedroom.… Read More »

Investigators in Brunswick County arrested early Wednesday morning a suspect in connection to a recent string of recent thefts, including the taking of a utility trailer from the Town of Ocean Isle Beach. … Read More »

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The only remaining woman facing a criminal charge in connection with a mishandled prostitution sting that set off a scandal within the Wilmington Police Department saw her case thrown out of court last week, though it was not immediately clear whether buy viagra on internet the dismissal resulted from officer misconduct. A prostitution citation leveled against the woman, Lauren Crocker, 26, was dropped Wednesday, according to the New Hanover County Clerk of Court’s Office. Charges against the other two women… Read More »

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A registered sex offender has been jailed in Pender County in the decades-old sexual assault of a child, an official said Friday. Barry Gene Gurganious, 42, of Currie was booked into the Pender County Jail on Tuesday on two counts of first-degree statutory sexual offense and two counts of indecent liberties with a child. os x 10.6 snow leopard download According to Pender County sheriff’s Detective John Leatherwood, the offenses were against a female child between April 1992 and April… Read More »

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Behind the Yellow Tape reports on crime and law enforcement in New Hanover, Brunswick and Pender counties. We cover your well-being. We’ll bring you stories, pictures and videos about everything from traffic accidents to drug busts to violent crime, including on-the-scene updates posted to Yellow Tape.

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Hello, I’m Brian Freskos. I’ve been at the StarNews since August, 2010, and I am the newspaper’s primary crime and public safety reporter. I’m the main contributor to this blog, but my colleagues will also post from time to time. I also moderate the comments. If you have a question or concern, email me at Brian.Freskos@StarNewsOnline.com.